Attorney Ken Fellman of Kissinger & Fellman P.C. will address Congressional staff members tomorrow, May 20, in a briefing on the issues connected with the Community Access Preservation (CAP) Act that is pending in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The bill, HR 1746, would eliminate the statutory restrictions that local governments now have on the expenditure of funds received from cable operators as support for Public, Education and Government (PEG) access channels. Currently, local governments can only spend money received for PEG support for capital investments, such as buildings, cameras and other tangible equipment. The CAP Act, sponsored by Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-Ohio), will permit the use of PEG funding for any PEG-related expenditures, including operational expenses, thus improving the chances that PEG channels will continue to provide local, accessible programming to cable subscribers nationwide, and preserving jobs.
Fellman will appear at the briefing in his capacity as president of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors, which represents the interests of the nation’s local governments in communications matters. Follow his comments live on Twitter, @KenFellman, and via hashtag #PEGTV both before and after the briefing.
Fellman specializes in telecommunications law, with an emphasis on local government representation, community broadband deployment, cable television, public safety communications and utilities law.
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